Tombstone epitaph., 1887-08-06
Wect.Aru M,n.ro

If miner has not complied with aA
 the requirements of law his claim (ox
 mine) can on the second New Years
 day following the date of location, be
 relocated by himself or others, who
 may be on the ground before him.
 The Salt Lake Tribune notes several
 incidents, more or less ludicrous, of the kind indicated.
 A person stuck up notices on a claim
 near cabin in which three men were sleeping. awaiting early morning to To- cate 1t. The locater, after securing the claim, thoughtfully woke the boys to tell them they needn't get up so early, as the claim was located.
 One party on a location, who owned 1t until l2 o'clock, stood two others off until that hour on his rights as owner. At exactly 12, he put his notice in the split-stHkes, and sang l2 Q clock before the others who had no watch, knew what time it was, and then drove off
 A prospect0r star .d out with his mo- tice written and in his pocket. He lost them on the way, seven miles iron, town, had no pencil or paper, and re- turned home, while another man located the claim.
 There was little episode in Ouio- ley's Gulch, wherein tbree bad partners had made it up to relocate themselves Tn a claim and leave out the fourth partner. The latter had previously been warned against coming upon the claim that night, and was told by g friend that his partners were going to relocate it all to themselves; so he se-
 mred rifle, and after the three bad partners had gone up to the mine, he ;rawled up on the shady side of the gulch to q cabin below the claim about lN yards and there watched. At HAS his partners started up to stake the ground, whereupon, with fearful yell, he turned loose with his gun, and could see the crusted snow fly at every pop just over his partners heads. They heard the bullets humming so neal their cars that panic seized them and they fled for town. As soon as they were out of sight hc quietly walked up and located it all to himself, and left his bad partners out in the cold.
 John Curtin, wi:h his partner, vsnt to relocate claim up on Sugar Loaf Peak, the highest range or divide be- tween Deer Creek and Bullion. h trying to step too long a pace to set his end stake to the top of the peak at some croppings, his big-soled boot. slipped upon the snow crust which, by constant exposure to the sun in the day time, melted and again froze in the shade until it was sheet of ice down the mountain side and very precipitous. John went head first, following his hat to the bottom. 800 feet, and lit on big snow-drift. His clothes were torn and his finger nails worn off by clucching at the crust. Getting up to see K he was all there, he heard his partner calling, and hallowing back. His partner shout. ed: "What yer doing down there?' and John was so mad he answered.: "Was getting so cold, came down af- ter wood." In fifteen minutes he lit q tire in the grove he arrived at so sud. denly, and was joined by his partner thirty minutes later, who was exhaust. ed. John concluded that the joke was on his partner after all.
 A well-known Bullion miner rrlaed ! Mike Hynes had told all the town he had several rich locations to jump De- tween the noted mines. Before C-,,st. mas day he had draughtsman anG ex. pert to draw off his notices and put zach one in a box on the claims he in- intended jumping. Being little be- hind time on New Years eve, he way coming up the gulch to tack up his box $, and the first square view he got of lis intended claims was one calculated 0 make his hair stand on end as sitting 'n each end of the seven claims and up- n each of the seven boxes was 8 man, md each man had Winchester re- ,eating rifle pointed at Mike, who was 0 amazed that he rsssed by each one! merely remarking "GoOd evening, Happy New Year!'' And he didn't eel very well until he got to a saloon t Bullion, where he braced up and re- nsrkcd that he guessed he hadn't lost h.t mines, and he wouldn't give S5 for all @ Lad ssahe to jump.
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